calcination

American  

[kal-sin-ay-shuhn] / ˌkæl sɪnˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

calcinations plural

1. the process or result of calcining.

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calcination Scientific  

/ kăl′sə-nā′shən /

1. The process of heating a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and dissociation into simpler substances. The term was originally applied to the method of driving off carbon dioxide from limestone to obtain lime (calcium oxide). Calcination is also used to extract metals from ores.

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Example Sentences

The emissions start with mining raw materials such as limestone and crushing it to prepare for a process called calcination.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2021

MFI nanosheets on Si wafer were then rubbed by cotton fabric to detach the seeds, followed by additional calcination under identical conditions to remove any organic contamination.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

Spodium, spō′di-um, n. a powder obtained from calcination, as ivory-black, &c.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Of the effect of the calcination of Metals, and of the effluvia of Paint made with White-Lead and Oil, on Air 133 Sect.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

No great apparatus is necessary for showing children the first simple operations in chemistry: such as evaporation, crystalization, calcination, detonation, effervescence, and saturation.

From Practical Education, Volume I by Edgeworth, Maria